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Official Symbols of the State of California

the name California

Spanish explorers who first sailed along the coast in the 1500's called this region California, probably after the name of a treasure island in a popular Spanish tale.

Animal

State Animal

California Grizzly Bear

Bird

State Bird

California Quail

Colors

State Colors

Blue & Gold

Dance

State Dance

West Coast Swing

Fife and Drum Corps

State Fife and Drum Band

California Consolidated Drum Band

Fish

State Fish

Golden Trout

Flag

State Flag

"Bear Flag"

Flower

State Flower

Golden Poppy

Folk Dance

State Folk Dance

Square Dance

Fossil

State Fossil

Saber-Toothed Cat

Gemstone

State Gemstone

Benitoite

Gold Rush Ghost Town

State Gold Rush Ghost Town

Bodie

Grass

State Grass

Purple Needlegrass

Historical Society

California Historical Society

Insect

State Insect

California Dogface Butterfly

Marine Fish

State Marine Fish

Garibaldi

Marine Mammal

State Marine Mammal

California Gray Whale

Military Museum

State Military Museum

California State Military Museum

Mineral

State Mineral

Gold

Motto

State Motto

Eureka!

Nickname

State Nickname

Golden State

Poet Laureate

State Poet Laureate

Al Young

Prehistoric Artifact

State Prehistoric Artifact

Chipped Stone Bear

Quarter

State Quarter

John Muir at Yosemite

Reptile

State Reptile

Desert Tortoise

Rock

State Rock

Serpentine

Seal

State Seal

Silver Rush Ghost Town

Silver Rush Gold Town

Calico

Soil

San Joaquin

Song

"I Love You, California"

Tall Ship

State Tall Ship

Californian

Tartan

State Tartan

California Tartan

Theatre

State Theatre

Pasadena Playhouse

Tree

State Tree

California Redwood

 

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This page was last updated on 06/05/2008.